Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Poor Zoe
Dorothy and Sarah got their wisdom teeth out when they were 19 which apparently is the average age for this to happen. Poor Zoe, with her 16th birthday next week, had to go through it much sooner than they did.
Today was Zoe's appointment to get her wisdom teeth out, so I took the day off, and will stay home tomorrow too. She has been throwing up most of the afternoon, and dealing with the pain as the freezing went away. I felt sorry for her as I tried to make her more comfortable and give her cold things to drink and eat.
I was around the same age when I got mine out around the same age (the summer after grade 9). We lived in a very small town - Trenton, Ontario - and I had been having ear aches for about two years - finally the dentist figured out that it was my wisdom teeth causing the problem. The next step was sorting out where I would get them taken out, as back then, they didn't do it as a day surgery - at least, they didn't in my town. This would have been about 1978.
So my mom made arrangements for me to travel to the big city of Toronto where I could stay with her Aunt Violet - and from there, I went into a hospital for about two days to get the surgery. I remember being the "baby" at the hospital, compared to the other older, cooler 18-20 year olds getting it done the same day. There was one really cute boy who ended up really getting swelling, while I didn't get much at all.
Anyway, I guess it's just one of those growing up things most of us have to go through. Meanwhile, we ran out to the store tonight to stock up on cold things such as: ice cream, pudding, apple sauce, juice, pop and canned peaches. I also got other "soft" stuff such as: alpha ghetti, eggs (for scrambled eggs), noodles, instant mashed potatoes and stuff to make milk shakes.
Today was Zoe's appointment to get her wisdom teeth out, so I took the day off, and will stay home tomorrow too. She has been throwing up most of the afternoon, and dealing with the pain as the freezing went away. I felt sorry for her as I tried to make her more comfortable and give her cold things to drink and eat.
I was around the same age when I got mine out around the same age (the summer after grade 9). We lived in a very small town - Trenton, Ontario - and I had been having ear aches for about two years - finally the dentist figured out that it was my wisdom teeth causing the problem. The next step was sorting out where I would get them taken out, as back then, they didn't do it as a day surgery - at least, they didn't in my town. This would have been about 1978.
So my mom made arrangements for me to travel to the big city of Toronto where I could stay with her Aunt Violet - and from there, I went into a hospital for about two days to get the surgery. I remember being the "baby" at the hospital, compared to the other older, cooler 18-20 year olds getting it done the same day. There was one really cute boy who ended up really getting swelling, while I didn't get much at all.
Anyway, I guess it's just one of those growing up things most of us have to go through. Meanwhile, we ran out to the store tonight to stock up on cold things such as: ice cream, pudding, apple sauce, juice, pop and canned peaches. I also got other "soft" stuff such as: alpha ghetti, eggs (for scrambled eggs), noodles, instant mashed potatoes and stuff to make milk shakes.
